DWS Summer Intern - Real Estate
About the Internship
The DWS Internship is an opportunity to gain a wide range of practical experience. Individual projects, participation in speaker sessions and networking events will all be part of the internship. Whilst you can expect a high learning curve from our internship, you will benefit from the support of your managers and mentors along with unparalleled exposure to the world of Asset Management. This internship is an ideal way to determine whether a career in Financial Services & Asset Management meets your personal aspirations.
Subject to performance, successful interns may be offered a place on the DWS Graduate P.A.C.E. program the following year.
About the Real Estate team.
With a platform and approach to real estate investing developed over 45 years, DWS Real Estate is ranked among the world’s largest real estate managers. Our mission is to deliver superior long-term, risk-adjusted returns, yield-generating opportunities, preservation of capital, and diversification. We seek competitive, sustainable returns through a disciplined investment process and take a rigorous life cycle approach to identify, implement and monitor investment themes and tactics.
As a Real Estate Intern you will help:
- Compile DCF underwriting in both Argus and Excel to assist with multi‐year planning, hold‐sell decisions, financings, leasing, and value‐add strategies
- Prepare Investment Committee presentations for financings, leasing, and dispositions
- Analyse leasing opportunities and sensitivities via ARGUS, NPV analyses, and market research
- Proactively identify opportunities to provide additional analysis/recommendations to add value to your respective AM/PM
- Lead external appraisal process and complete internal valuations, while working across several in‐house departments, including transactions and research
- Support the transition of newly acquired properties from the Transactions group and the Portfolio / Asset Management group
- Develop in-house tools for both, commercial and residential assets, to increase efficiency
- Review of Asset Management reports for purposes of confirming NRA, occupancy, carrying value and net operating income
- Prepare annual property business plans and review of quarterly reporting
- Prepare Annual Investment Plans and development of Hold/Sell or MAP Recommendations
What we are looking for:
- Must hold valid right to work in the US from June 2nd – August 8th, 2025.
- Must be available to work full-time (including a minimum of 3 days per week in the office) from June 2nd – August 8th, 2025.
- Must be enrolled and on track to graduate from a bachelor’s or master’s degree in 2026.
- Must possess less than 12 months of full-time, relevant work experience (excluding other internships).
- Organized, be able to multi‐task, and communicate effectively.
- Ability to work as part of a team and independently.
- Strong work ethic and critical thinking skills.
- Relevant coursework, internship or work experience in Real Estate would be beneficial, but isn’t essential.